Monday, April 7, 2008

Who the heck is responsible for this?

Most people are cowards. Notice that I didn't say scared - everyone is scared at one time or another, but cowards run away from their fears - this is not for you, you do what your heart tells you to do NO MATTER WHAT or how crazy it may seem to others.



There is word that I would like to examine with you... it is the foundation on which your attitude stands, the word is… Responsibility.

I warn you that I don't mean this word in the conventional sense - such as making sure you take the trash out on time or being a snitch when your see some one cheating on a test. When I use the word responsibility I am speaking about holding yourself 100% responsible for all of the results in your life.

We live in a time when everyone is looking to blame someone or something else… either your too black or your too white, too fast or too slow, your too short or too tall, your can blame your genetics, you can blame your parents, teachers, coaches, you can blame God. Just watch the TV, fat people blame the fast food restaurants for their fatness, smokers blame the cigarette companies for their smoking, and people blame their kids and boss for their depression or even their so-called chemical imbalance.

I accept none of this. I believe that everything that happens to you - good or bad is a result of some choice that you have made in the past. Sure, freak things happen like accidents... but then too you have a choice about how you are going to react to it - you can fold up and get depressed, start drinking or doing drugs or you can "MAN UP" and turn your tragedy into triumph. Join a wheelchair basketball or better yet doge ball team! Just get up - its your choice - its your responsibility.

You want to be stronger, you want to be fit or more athletic, you want your sports team to respect your wishes to "not party" during the in-season. What ever it is that you want you can get - if and only if you take FULL responsibility for the results or your reaction to it. "Within a desire is the seed for its creation".

YOU create your life.

Choose to be a victor not a victim. And notice when those options are being presented. Most people are not willing to take responsibility for themselves because of one simple and very sneaky behavior - LAZINESS. Most people are down right lazy and in various forms. They would much rather be victims of their circumstances rather than taking the time to look at what they have done to create their situation or how they can change their behaviors to create a better future.

If you want things to be different, you've got to take responsibility and DO something different!

YOU create your life.

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What do you want? What are you willing to do? Elliott Hulse "The Strength Coach"

1 comments:

Mike said...

Amen brother! Good stuff. Westy